PRINTER'S NO. 2202
No. 1510 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, COSTA, STACK AND A. WILLIAMS,
AUGUST 30, 2002
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, AUGUST 30, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for possession of
3 weapon on school property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 912 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 912. Possession of weapon on school property.
9 (a) [Definition.--Notwithstanding the definition of "weapon"
10 in section 907 (relating to possessing instruments of crime),
11 "weapon" for purposes of this section shall include but not be
12 limited to any knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nun-
13 chuck stick, firearm, shotgun, rifle and any other tool,
14 instrument or implement capable of inflicting serious bodily
15 injury.] Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
16 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
17 subsection:
18 "Firearm." Any weapon, including a starter gun, which will
1 or is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the
2 action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas. The
3 term does not include any device designed or used exclusively
4 for the firing of stud cartridges, explosive rivets or similar
5 industrial ammunition.
6 "Weapon." Notwithstanding the definition of "weapon" in
7 section 907 (relating to possessing instruments of crime), for
8 purposes of this section the term shall include, but not be
9 limited to, any knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nun-
10 chuck stick, firearm, shotgun, rifle and any other tool,
11 instrument or implement capable of inflicting serious bodily
12 injury.
13 (b) Offense defined.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the
14 first degree if he possesses a weapon in the buildings of, on
15 the grounds of, or in any conveyance providing transportation to
16 or from any elementary or secondary publicly-funded educational
17 institution, any elementary or secondary private school licensed
18 by the Department of Education or any elementary or secondary
19 parochial school.
20 (c) Defense.--It shall be a defense that the weapon is
21 possessed and used in conjunction with a lawful supervised
22 school activity or course or is possessed for other lawful
23 purpose.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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